Auditions

tommyinla said:
Most notably, you'll need a set teacher to be on the set.
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Not necessarily. I've done three projects with kids now and never needed a teacher on set. You just have to shoot around a reasonable school schedule. There are different rules for different ages of kids, but basically as long as the kid has already been to school that day or isn't supposed to be at school that day, you're all right. The real big problem is the strict limits on number of hours they can work. Again, this varies according to age.
 
Yeah, I read a little bit of the contract. We are already too short handed to be able to keep up with all the contractual requirements. (not to mention worker's comp.) I will save this when I have the $49,999. for the Short film agreement. Thanks though. its good to keep informed.

As for the set Teacher, I believe schools are going into summer break, so I hope I won't have to deal with it. (but my ex is a teacher, so maybe she could help if I need her. I'm sure my GF won't be happy about that. hahahaha)

Dougspice, where do you think I can find the hours/age restrictions?

Thanks,

Luis
 
dougspice said:
We're talking about the same thing. That's what I meant by becoming a signatory. However, it's not exactly "no longer an issue". There is a lot of work that has to go into filling out their paperwork, keeping timesheets for actors on set. Also, if I remember correctly, you have to prove worker's comp insurance. And I believe having this contract obligates you to use SAG on all projects for a year, or something to that effect.

Whatever, just make sure you read the fine print.
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Yeah, that's true... it's still a pain to deal with... the odd thing is that when I went to the SagIndie workshop, the SagIndie rep said that you don't need to be a signatory but you're the second person to say that you need to be... and I tend to believe that you would need to be.
 
I just got a post from a SAG actor asking if I could get a waiver??? I'll call them tomorrow, and maybe if there is NO Budget at all, there is a waiver that an actor can sign. (I doubt it, but I'll give it a try)
 
siniarch said:
Dougspice, where do you think I can find the hours/age restrictions?
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Okay, I dug up this piece of paper in my desk from http://www.ChildrenInFilm.com that has a chart with all the hours. Don't know the exact URL, sorry, but the gist is this: Starts at 20 minutes per day for babies under six months, to 4 hours per day for 6-8 year-olds, to 8 hours per day for 16 year olds. Add an hour or two if it's not a school day.
 
siniarch said:
I just got a post from a SAG actor asking if I could get a waiver??? I'll call them tomorrow, and maybe if there is NO Budget at all, there is a waiver that an actor can sign. (I doubt it, but I'll give it a try)
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The "waiver" he's referring to is the short film contract. That's the only type of waiver there is. Basically, if it's non-union, SAG will not allow a SAG actor to be in it due to the fact that it would violate Rule One: a SAG actor cannot do non-union work.
 
just get the short film contract. It's free - i've done two of them. Forget about workmans comp - they never check on that. Sign the deal and use SAG actors. You seem to be stuck on the "free" aspect. What you are forgetting is that the majority of the work out there for actors is free, so you are not unique.
 
Thanks taormina. I'll check with SAG. do you have to have company to become a signatory. I read somewhere that you should not become a signatory with your own name, but rather with a company name. Otherwise, once you are sag you always have to be sag? With a company, or llc you can just start a new one if you have to be non-union.
I'll check with SAG today.
Thanks again for all your help guys.
 
No, you can sign personally. They will need a copy of your ID faxed to them, that's all. It's actually quite painless. Ask for the "Short Film Agreement". You are only "SAG" for that one short film - period. The signatory status is given out project by project - do another short and you have to sign again (unless you do a non union short).

I have 2 LLCs but those projects were big and expensive. For anything under $10K I would not screw with an LLC.
 
Hey Guys,

So I had auditions yesterday for the first time, and I must say it went well. My best friend has been going to them for a while now and to acting class, so I let him run the show, but it was pretty good. other than one Negative, annoying girl, it all worked out fine. We got some good people and I believe we found our girl. :)

The kid is harder to cast. but we did have 2 come in which were extremly nice. their parents were happy and willing to work with us and I was very please. we have one more set of auditions on sat. and we'll decide on sunday.
Thank you so much for all your help

A special thanks to Brian "DevonSloan" for letting me attend his auditions today to see how its done. What a great guy!!!
 
Hey Luis, glad to see it went well. Wish you could have joined us at the Thai place the other night though.

Yeah, Brian's a cool cat... glad to see you picked up some tips. :)
 
hey Tommy,
are you going to Cinegear on Sat? I might go with Matty_g and BruceAllen and if Jim is around we can all meet. I might have to fit some auditions on sat. so I'll have to figure it out tomorrow after I speak with the actors.
 
Siniarch,

I highly recommend that you attend one of the SagIndie workshops. It will take away the mystery of using SAG actors. They are really helpful and they have one on the second Thursday of every month and they are free.
 
Hey Luis,

I'm actually working on a 48 hour film fest entry on Saturday, so I won't be able to make it. If you do make it out there, hope it's a good show...
 
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